Foreign sailors seeking to work for South Korean ships may be required to submit their criminal records while their South Korean captains and colleagues will be required to undergo anti-racism education, the government said Tuesday.

The measures are largely aimed at preventing on-board crimes.

They follow the recent alleged homicide of a South Korean captain and an engineer aboard a South Korean fishing boat by two Vietnamese fishermen.

Under the government measures, approved at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, all new foreign sailors seeking to work on a South Korean ship must submit a criminal background check.

Indictments in previous crimes may not directly prevent employment, but they may provide some reference to South Korean employers when deciding whether to hire a foreign sailor, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said in a press release.